Planning

Replacement for Records Management System for 9 Police Forces

7 FORCE COMMERCIAL SERVICES

This public procurement record has 1 release in its history.

Planning

20 Sep 2024 at 14:17

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by 7 Force Commercial Services, encompassing a collaboration of nine police forces, aims to replace the current Records Management System (Athena) with a new cloud-based solution. The planned tender, identified as "7F-2024-I383," in the records management services category, will explore modern technological innovations, including artificial intelligence and mobile compatibility, to support core policing functions such as case management, custody, intelligence, and investigation. Located in the region of UKH1, the procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a future notice date set for 7 April 2025 and an estimated total value of £100 million.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for technology and software development companies experienced in creating robust, secure, and interoperable IT solutions. Particularly suitable for firms specialising in cloud-based systems, artificial intelligence, and data security, the procurement process seeks suppliers capable of offering innovative and resilient managed services. Companies with expertise in records management, business intelligence, and system integration will find this opportunity well-aligned with their capabilities, fostering long-term collaborations with multiple police forces and potentially securing a contract to deliver critical public safety infrastructure.

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Notice Title

Replacement for Records Management System for 9 Police Forces

Notice Description

The current police Records Management System (RMS) (Athena) serves a collaboration of 9 police forces under a single shared IT solution.

Lot Information

Lot 1

To allow data sharing across the four key functional pillars of Case, Custody, Intelligence and Investigation, on a centrally hosted/managed environment. Additional information: The current police Records Management System (RMS) (Athena) serves a collaboration of 9 police forces under a single shared IT solution to allow data sharing across the four key functional pillars of Case, Custody, Intelligence and Investigation, on a centrally hosted/managed environment.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to gain an understanding of the latest developments/ innovations and capabilities for a cloud-based police/law enforcement records management solution. This includes exploring the potential use of technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, facial recognition, transcription and must have data quality automation and the ability to work with mobile devices built in.
The collaboration of 9 Forces wish to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process. At this stage, information gathered through market consultation may be used to inform internal business planning, requirements capture and any subsequent procurement process; and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise.
Participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process.
The Procurement will be for a managed services agreement (up to a term of 10 years (tbc)) for the delivery of software and related services through a single supplier or suppliers.
Description of the procurement
We wish to explore suppliers' ability to innovate, develop and deploy a secure, agile, always on, resilient, cloud-based Records Management System (RMS). The solution MUST provide the four key pillars of Intelligence, Investigation, Case Management & Custody but could also include other elements such as property management. The solution must incorporate the ability to input and output information to and from mobile and fixed devices in a manner appropriate for the device being used and with full interoperability between the various platforms. The user experience will be of paramount importance including ease of use, simplicity in training and automated tips/guidance as and when inconsistencies in input data are detected. Mandated metadata and automated cross checking will also need to be incorporated to ensure input information is as accurate and specific as it can be and to avoid duplicates/incorrect information storage. Open interfaces and interoperability will also be an important consideration for current and future flexibility and ensure ease of access to core police data for a multiplicity of needs.
The current RMS system is a fully integrated, web-based information and communications technology solution managing business critical core policing processes and workflow, including:
* Intelligence Management
* Investigation Management
* Protection of Vulnerable People
* Anti-Social Behaviour
* Defendant Management (Custody and Case preparation)
* Warrants Management
* Digital Public Contact
* Problem Solving Platform
* Data Analytics
There are 34,000 registered users.
Average daily peak is ~ 6000 users.
Average system usage over previous 12 months: (Also see data in Section VI -Complimentary Information)
* Arrests: 2.9m
* Cases: 2.4m
* Custody: 1.9m
* Investigations: 14m
* Documents: 50m
* Intelligence reports: 5.7m
* Object Link count within Athena RMS: 593m
Current Interfaces are to multiple third-party policing technology systems, including:
* Police National Database (PND)
* Police National Computer (PNC)
* Crown Prosecution Service
* Police force mobile phone devices
The contracting authorities referred to in Section I.1, as contracting authorities for their respective police forces, will shortly undertake a competitive flexible procurement to appoint a supplier to provide and fully manage a highly resilient, police records management system. The successful supplier(s) will be required to work alongside representatives from the contracting authorities and relevant third parties, to implement, and configure the system to the requirements of the contracting authorities including the provision of appropriate resources to support this. The successful supplier(s) may be required to enter into either a single contract with all contracting parties, or individual contracts with each contracting party. **PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS**

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-049caf
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030217-2024
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48517000 - IT software package

48627000 - Real-time operating system software package

72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services

72212100 - Industry specific software development services

72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services

72212482 - Business intelligence software development services

72212517 - IT software development services

72212600 - Database and operating software development services

72212610 - Database software development services

72212670 - Real time operating system software development services

72212730 - Security software development services

72212731 - File security software development services

72212732 - Data security software development services

72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services

72212783 - Content management software development services

72212984 - Program testing software development services

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services

72252000 - Computer archiving services

72261000 - Software support services

72262000 - Software development services

72263000 - Software implementation services

72265000 - Software configuration services

72300000 - Data services

72310000 - Data-processing services

72314000 - Data collection and collation services

72320000 - Database services

79996100 - Records management

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Sep 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
6 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
7 FORCE COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Contact Name
Farzad Zeb
Contact Email
farzad.zeb@beds.police.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
MARTLESHAM HEATH
Postcode
IP5 3QS
Post Town
Ipswich
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH63 East Suffolk
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
East Suffolk
Electoral Ward
Martlesham & Purdis Farm
Westminster Constituency
Suffolk Coastal

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